Lets be clear, you are not paying $25 for the cleaning, your insurance company is. You are paying the insurance company.
Even if you could negotiate down to $30, that would still be better, would it not? On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It's been years since I had to, but I have had to haggle with healthcare > costs in the past and have never been able to get down to the level that > insurance paid. > > To think that an individual would be able to pay the same price as a large > insurance company that has leverage over a doctor by excluding him from their > plan is just plain naive. > > > On Dec 21, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Scott Stroz wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox >> <zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> sure doctors make more money. I just got my dentist claim summary back >>> about 2 days ago. My routine cleaning was a $45 charge. My insurance >>> company said that they only allowed $25. The dentist only got paid $25. >>> Now, if I were to go there without insurance and they said, "Ok, that will >>> be $45" and I said, "No, I only allow $25 for this procedure", do you think >>> I would have walked out of there only paying $25? >> >> This is an unrealistic analogy. Most healthcare providers who 'accept' >> insurance form certain carriers must agree to a certain rate for >> certain procedures. So, while the dentist may normally charge $45 for >> a cleaning, he has agreed to accept $25 for the procedure from your >> insurance company. I am sure if you tried to haggle for your teeth >> cleaning, you might find a dentist who would agree to those terms. >> >> -- >> Scott Stroz >> --------------- >> The DOM is retarded. >> >> http://xkcd.com >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:309623 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
